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The week in pictures

From Thailand's coup to flooding in Bosnia, Al Jazeera showcases the week in images.

Sun May 25 2014 13:33:03 GMT+0000

A Somali soldier walks past debris after a car bomb exploded in front of the parliament building in Mogadishu. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. According to police, at least four people were killed in the two blasts.

A campaign poster on the back of a car window promotes Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, the Democratic Center Party(***)s nominee in Colombia(***)s presidential election, scheduled for May 25. Polls show Zuluaga running neck-and-neck with incumbent president Juan Manuel Santos.

Thai soldiers are surrounded by anti-coup protesters during a demonstration in Bangkok, after the military overthrew the country(***)s government. Hundreds of protesters in the Thai capital are defying the junta(***)s warning against demonstrations with a rally in the central shopping district.

"Darth Vader," the Ukrainian Internet Party(***)s candidate in Kiev(***)s mayoral race, stands in line to receive a ballot at a polling station during the presidential and mayoral elections in Kiev.

Chinese paramilitary policemen on their armoured vehicles parade on a street in Urumqi, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. Authorities on Saturday announced the first arrest in a bombing in China(***)s Muslim northwest and said they were launching a yearlong anti-terrorism crackdown.

An Egyptian worker carries boxes of ballots at the Giza courthouse in Cairo, a day before the country(***)s presidential elections. Egypt(***)s interim President Adly Mansour has urged Egyptians to come out and vote in this week(***)s presidential election, saying the vote will shape the nation(***)s future.

Residents, some wearing masks, use a small boat to rescue horses and ponies in the flooded village of Domaljevac in northern Bosnia. Vast tracts of farmland are still underwater in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia after the worst floods in more than a century.

Players of Real Madrid celebrate with the trophy after the UEFA Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at Luz stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. Real Madrid won 4-1 after extra time.